General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,944 23.17%	6,947
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,653 13.54%	4,552
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,664 7.74%	1,579
Banking	17	Up 17 places+17	£90,000	+7.68%	5,855 6.80%	1,260
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£53,200	-3.27%	4,882 5.67%	2,478
Marketing	41	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	-18.18%	3,840 4.46%	1,857
Public Sector	57	Up 35 places+35	£60,000	-	2,832 3.29%	1,199
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,648 3.08%	1,042
Retail	62	Down -6 places-6	£52,500	-4.54%	2,620 3.04%	1,176
Law	76	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	2,201 2.56%	617
Legal	80	Down -10 places-10	£67,500	+17.39%	1,972 2.29%	883
Organisational Skills	98	Up 4 places+4	£38,000	-11.62%	1,634 1.90%	796
Telecoms	105	Up 11 places+11	£42,500	-6.59%	1,553 1.80%	574
Electronics	168	Down -42 places-42	£52,500	-11.61%	1,074 1.25%	436
Games	209	Down -28 places-28	£50,000	-9.09%	850 0.99%	358
Presentation Skills	213	Down -128 places-128	£60,000	+3.44%	821 0.95%	525
Influencing Skills	219	Down -9 places-9	£77,405	+23.84%	794 0.92%	363
Automotive	227	Up 87 places+87	£48,000	-11.11%	748 0.87%	395
Aerospace	239	Up 76 places+76	£55,000	+0.37%	706 0.82%	416
Advertising	266	Down -89 places-89	£45,000	-25.00%	603 0.70%	301
Pharmaceutical	280	Up 19 places+19	£60,000	+17.07%	572 0.66%	189
Multimedia	297	Up 263 places+263	£30,500	-12.23%	529 0.61%	437
Local Government	317	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-	477 0.55%	203
Financial Institution	324	Down -149 places-149	£85,000	-0.93%	465 0.54%	171
Documentation Skills	336	Up 80 places+80	£55,000	+2.80%	441 0.51%	177
Back Office	339	Up 124 places+124	£57,500	-20.68%	438 0.51%	135
Billing	385	Up 93 places+93	£38,000	-32.14%	365 0.42%	230
Front Office	388	Down -244 places-244	£112,500	-	357 0.41%	119
French Language	401	Down -167 places-167	£45,000	-30.76%	339 0.39%	112
Military	401	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-13.04%	339 0.39%	171
German Language	432	Down -200 places-200	£40,000	-45.76%	297 0.35%	145
Aviation	468	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	+13.04%	249 0.29%	146
Health Technology	508	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	-14.28%	205 0.24%	124
Tech for Good	509	Down -57 places-57	£70,000	+7.69%	204 0.24%	25
Publishing	532	Down -108 places-108	£60,000	-7.69%	177 0.21%	79
Investment Banking	542	Down -178 places-178	£95,000	-15.55%	167 0.19%	70
Police	570	Down -169 places-169	£55,000	+6.19%	139 0.16%	39
Spanish Language	587	Down -5 places-5	£40,000	-23.80%	121 0.14%	61
Agriculture	614	Down -44 places-44	£43,500	-15.12%	94 0.11%	41
Social Housing	614	Down -90 places-90	£50,000	-13.04%	94 0.11%	50
Aeronautics	626	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.095%	17
Retail Banking	631	Down -126 places-126	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.089%	19
Dutch Language	631	Down -45 places-45	£35,000	-3.44%	77 0.089%	36
Italian Language	632	Down -28 places-28	£42,500	-40.35%	76 0.088%	36
Brand Awareness	635	Down -64 places-64	£42,500	-	73 0.085%	38
General Ledger	637	Down -79 places-79	£82,500	+14.59%	71 0.083%	34
Digital Healthcare	638	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	-7.69%	70 0.081%	20
Digital Health	641	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	+27.27%	67 0.078%	40
Fire and Rescue	642	Down -44 places-44	£47,249	-8.81%	66 0.077%	32
Portuguese Language	645	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	+42.85%	63 0.073%	33